Collection: Field Notes - Old Fashioned Seamanship Series: Traditional Navigation Techniques Subject: Overview and index for all seven posts i…
VAKA is one person building boats from natural materials, testing what works, and documenting it honestly.
The builds. Skin on frame canoes, catamarans, proas — designed, built, tested,
The Plans. Once the boats are sea tested, the plans are finalised and posted.
The Field Notes. Extensive research into regenerative practices. This is a live project, with experiments and tests documented, everything from waterproof milk glue formulations to making and navigating with a kamal
Collection: Field Notes - Regenerative Materials | Series: Natural Ropes | The VAKA guide to choosing, preserving, using and inspecting natu…
Collection: Field Notes - Old Fashioned Seamanship Subject: What kind of sailor you want to be? There is a version of sailing in wh…
Collection: Field Notes — Old Fashioned Seamanship Series: Coastal and Offshore Passage Planning Subject: Overview and index for all eight p…
Collection: Field Notes — Old Fashioned Seamanship Series: Weather Forecasting Subject: Overview and index for all eleven posts in the Weather…
Collection: Field Notes — Old Fashioned Seamanship Series: Reading the Sea the Old Fashioned Way Subject: Overview and index for all seven po…